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Interview with the Superior General of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X On the publication of Mater Populi fidelis.“To deny the title of Co-Redemptrix is tantamount to dethroning the Most Blessed Virgin. Such a thing wounds the Catholic soul in what is dearest to it.”FSSPX.News: Reverend Superior General, on the 4th of November the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (hereinafter “DDF”) issued a document entitled Mater Populi Fidelis, which restricts the use of certain titles traditionally attributed to the Most Blessed Virgin. What was your first reaction to it?Don Davide Pagliarani: I must confess that it had...

[Catholic Caucus] Communiqué from the General House of the Society of Saint Pius X regarding 'Mater Populi fidelis'On 4 November, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a “Doctrinal Note on Some Marian Titles Regarding Mary’s Cooperation in the Work of Salvation”.This text, whose apparent concern is not to “obscure Christ’s unique salvific mediation”, teaches that “it is always inappropriate to use the title ‘Co-redemptrix’ to define Mary’s cooperation”, and that “special prudence is required when applying the term ‘Mediatrix’ to Mary”.Caricaturing—in order to distance itself from—the traditional terminology of the Church, and moreover prolix in beautiful considerations...

On Mary as Mediatrix of All Graces by Fr. Reginald Garrigou-LagrangeThe Influence of Mary, MediatrixTAKEN FROM THE THREE AGES OF THE INTERIOR LIFE, VOL. 1, chapter 6Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat, 1948 Original French edition © The Dominican Province, France.English translation © Baronius Press LtdWHEN the bases of the interior life are considered, we cannot discuss the action of Christ, the universal Mediator, on His Mystical Body without also speaking of the influence of Mary Mediatrix. As we remarked, many persons delude themselves, maintaining that they reach union with God without having continual recourse to our Lord, Who is the way,...

Op-Ed: Mary, the Co-Redemptrix and Mater Populi FidelisThe document Mater Populi Fidelis of the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith, specifically in numbers 17 and 18 gives a undeservedly over-simplified overview of this important doctrine of the Catholic Faith. The fact that Our Lady cooperated in the work of the Redemption, at least mediately, is a de fide teaching. To doubt it would incur theological censure.For a clear and comprehensive overview of the main lines of this teaching and its historical development, I refer the reader to J. A. de Aldama, S.J., “De Corredemptione,” in Sacrae Theologiae Summa,...